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chthonic streams
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Date:
Wed, 14 Jan 2004 11:45:57 -0500
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Re: [idm] Bleep - mp3s
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quoted 7 lines Well don't forget that your iPod isn't exactly providing the best sound>Well don't forget that your iPod isn't exactly providing the best sound >quality. SNR is only 90db. Screw Apple. Get a Creative player. The SNR is >98db. Oh yeah, and they cost half as much. >Try both the mp3 and the CD on the same PC with the same headphones, then >you'll at least know that you're hearing both through the same hardware. I'm >not saying that there won't still be a difference. I'm just saying that your >current method of comparison is flawed.
not my ipod, a coworker's. i have no intention of buying such a player. i like CDs. i like the physicality of them. i like artwork. and although i listen to CDs on my G4 at work, there's a difference between itunes and a home stereo or discman. mp3's are a nice way to get music out there and get heard, but ultimately i want to both buy and release music on a more substantial format, both sonically and physically. i'd prefer the future to be DVD audio or (hopefully backwards-compatible) higher-bitrate CDs than reducing songs in quality and importance to names on a file list. d. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org